Dave, just out of prurient curiosity, who did it and why? Or did you do this yourself? The answer to "why" will be most interesting, I'm sure.
LoL.
PE
Hi Ron,
Well the moderators who were mad at me would say I did it to myself, but there was a time, I chose to interject my own opinion about a couple of topics, and was forthwith put in my place, as I remember it was about the time you came out and visited my way, so now, I just keep my opinions to myself most of the time and toe the line.
LOL
Dave
To avoid tagging anyone with a visible label is it not possible just to maintain the restricted access in such a way that knowledge of its application remains between the offender and the mods. That way afer a return to acceptable behaviour and at a time to be decided by the mods the offender returns to the fold, rehabilitated and without any "tag" remaining in other contributors memories afffecting their attitude towards that person for a time that goes way beyond the change for the better.
Some of us don't need tags to remember certain behavior. Nor will the absense of a visible sign cause us to forget.
Some of us don't need tags to remember certain behavior. Nor will the absense of a visible sign cause us to forget.
... blatantly obnoxious people ...
But empowering a moderator to ban someone from a particular thread enters a new element of subjectivity depending on which moderator makes the decision.
What one mod may think is a rigorous debate another might conclude is offensive behavior.
I guess this is a useful tool for site policing - but I do hope it will be used with great restraint and devoid of any personal biases a mod may have.
excuse me
Apologies, I wasn't meaning you.
Did the recent upgrade result in any changes in anyone's "banned" status?
I ask, because in at least one case, I note that someone who was labelled "Inactive" is not now so labelled.
Matt
I think the reason there is a tag is that this is just the option the software provides for regulating access to the site. Users are placed into groups by the forum owner like "member," "subscriber," "moderator," "banned user," or "restricted access." We could just not have any tag show under the username, but I think in general it's useful to know who the moderators are, and it probably encourages subscriptions if subscription status is public, and having "restricted access" appear publically is a byproduct of that software structure.
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